Category Archives: Self-Help

Today’s Economy DEMANDS A Critical Skill: Optimism

Global warming. Water shortages. Terrorism. Failing health care system. Wars around the globe. Gas prices. Severe economic downturn. Look at the headlines and it’s enough to make you stay in bed.
But wait! There is hope.

6 Principles of Life

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These few simple philosophies on life center around money, material wealth, and our wants. They serve as reminders that there are many more important things which we often forget, or take for granted.

Everything Is Possible - How Humans Can Excel (Video)

Do you sometimes watch people in different fields - musicians, runners, dancers, gymnasts, singers, jumpers… basically, anything - and marvel how good they are at their art?
I often do, and this video clip gives us some snippets of what human beings are capable of.

The Boy Who Cannot Count Apples (Story)

I just read this story today. Very simple, yet with a profound meaning behind it.
I’m telling a shortened version of it, in my own words.

Getting Back Up After a Fall (Video)

Watch this extremely inspiring video clip about a young man who refused to let the seemingly poor hand dealt to him by Life deter him or hold him back, and instead turn it into a beautiful and important ministry.
Warning: This is a tear jerker!

Solve the Mystery of Living in the Light

“Come… live in the light…”, sings David Haas.
In this article, excerpted from his new book, Guy Finley teaches us to realize our potential for happiness and success, by being one with the Light, to be the Light of our Self. Surrender not to the darkness, but allow the Light, Light which is already living within [...]

Find New Strength in Awakened Attention

Do you often find your mind overwhelmed by undesirable thoughts, fears, and negative perceptions? Do you know that these thoughts are eating away at you and your life, playing a big part in producing the very negative effects which you had? Yes, our thoughts have an element of self-fulfilment, not unlike self-fulfilling prophecies.
In the following [...]

Liberate Yourself From Self-Limiting Thoughts and Feelings

Self-limiting and self-defeating thoughts and feelings hold us back from fulfilling our true potential and achieving the happiness which we crave and deserve. But how do we overcome them?
Here is a good article by Guy Finley, giving us a suggestion on how to stop allowing discouragement and discouraging feelings from being a source of self-limitation [...]

The $20 Bill (Story)

Life is full of ups and downs - many downs, twists and turns, disappointments, grief, sadness and obstacles. Life beats us up, and gets us down.
When things are roughest, and life seems the toughest, it is easy to lose hope, to lose confidence in ourselves, as well as to lose self esteem, self love and [...]

The Retiring Carpenter (Story)

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An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker [...]

Break Through Self-Doubt and Fear

by Simma Lieberman
Comment by allinspiration.com: Self-limiting mental patterns are the biggest barrier to achieving personal success. In this article, Simma Liebarman gives us some practical tips on how to overcome these obstacles and fulfil our full potential.
Self-doubt and fear interfere with our ability to achieve or set goals. Self-doubt and fear are the voices in [...]

Stress; Control It, Change It or Let It Go!

by Simma Lieberman
Comment by allinspiration.com: Are you beat up by stress? Modern life today just seems to throw so many things at us, virtually non-stop. What can we do about it? This article gives us some practical tips.
Have you ever tried to control other people? Who gets stressed out? Have you ever tried to control [...]